	var req;
	function callback()
	{	
		if(req.readyState == 4)
		{
		   if(req.status == 200) {
				if(req.responseXML != null) {	
					//get info from server
					//alert(req.responseText);
					var items = [];	
					var b1 = req.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('Broadcastername');		
					//get select box
					var selectbox = document.getElementById('friends');
					selectbox.length = b1.length;
				
					//set the values 															
					for(var i=0; i< b1.length; i++) {
						var tempname = b1.item(i).firstChild.nodeValue;
				 		selectbox.options[i] = new Option(tempname, tempname);
					}	
				}
			}
			else
				{ //alert(req.status);		
				}
    	}
    	else
    	{ //alert(req.readyState);		
    	}
	}


	function loadXMLDoc(url_var) {	
	   if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
    	{
       		try{
         		req = new XMLHttpRequest();
		 		//alert ("Creating new XMLHttpRequest");
       		}
       		catch(e)
       		{
         	req = false;
       		}
    	}
    	else if(window.ActiveXObject)
    	{
       		try{   
           		req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
       		}
       		catch(e)
       		{
               	try{            
                       req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
               }
               catch(e)
               {
                       req = false;
               }
       		}
    	}
   	 if(req){
	   	req.open("GET", url_var, true);
       	req.onreadystatechange = callback;
       	req.send("");
    	}
	}

	var url = "http://silo.cs.indiana.edu:13795/servlet/BroadCasterServlet?nym=home";
	loadXMLDoc(url);




